Adam Rankin Johnson

1917 - 2005  (87 years)

• Name	Adam Rankin Johnson
  Birth	1 Mar 1917	Hayden, Gila, Arizona
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Feb 2005	Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I7332	The Road to Here
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2026

  
  

  Father	Adam Rankin Johnson,   b. 4 Feb 1888, Burnet County, Texas d. 2 Jul 1972, Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Eula Agnes Crownover,   b. 25 Jul 1889, Marble Falls, Burnet, Texas d. 21 Jan 1958, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	16 Feb 1916	Burnet, Burnet, Texas   [1]
  Family ID	F2441	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joan Johnson,   b. 1921   d. 2004 (Age 83 years)
  Children	1. Adam Rankin Johnson, Jr   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Curtis Alexander Johnson,   b. 7 Apr 1950, Williamsport, Lycoming, Pennsylvania d. 24 Sep 2017, Loyalsock Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F2442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Major league baseball player. Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1941. Was later president of the Eastern Baseball League (Minor League) from 1960-1968. Enlisted in the US Navy December 18, 1941. His father (Adam Rankin, Sr.) was also a professional baseball player from 1914 to 1918 and later managed the Harrisburg (PA) Senators. His grandfather (Adam Rankin) was a Confederate General. He organized the 10th Kentucky Partisan Rangers.

  
  

• Sources

  [S227] Texas, County Marriage Records, 1817-1965.